Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-10-14

This very startling assertion she has
written out in the minutest and most cir
cumstantial manner in book which the
we'll known and reputable house Of Bed
ford. Clark e. Co. has just brought out.
In the book, however, the names of the
real people who figure in the story are
changed just enough to conceal the iden-
tity of those mentioned. In conversation
Mrs. Kent does not hesitate to tell the
real persons concealed under these tlcti-
tious characters. In the book England is
called Finland; the Count dc Lundi is
called Count de Lentz; Lady Anna Camp
bell is down as Lady Anna Crawley, and
SO on.
Whether Mrs. Kent's story be true or
false, she undoubtedly believes it to the
letter. Her resemblance to Queen Vic
toria is very marked. The persons most
prejudiced against her, most skeptical of
her story must admit that she looks enough
like Queen Victoria to be her daughter.
AS an offset to this, however, one must
remember that the queen has by no means
an unusual face. 1t is decidedly German,
and does not differ materially from hun
dreds OF other German Women's faces.
Mrs. Kent may not be, as she believes,
princess royal of England, but in manner
and speech she is Enthusiastically lady.
Her voice Is sweet and cultivated, and re-
tains decided but attractive German &C.
cent. lockwood, who photographed her
for this sketch and has just returned from
England, said, the moment he saw her,
"shc is the image of Queen Victoria" All
| others who have met her are astonished at
her resemblance to the portraits Of the
queen. In paragraph addressed ITO
the Reader at the outset of her book
she says:
am Christian. l swear, by my hopes Of
eternal salvation that, with the exception of the
names of persons and places. the story told in
this book is absolutely and literally true. am
! the daughter Of one OF the greatest queens on
| earth; she who has usurped my place is the wife
| Of one of the future masters of the world. Do
| not in these pages look for literary charm for
romantic interest, or for frivolous distraction;
you will there find the truth regarding Of the
most monstrous iniquities ever perpertrated.
SA.
! And paragraph in her preface says:
My work is not the offspring Of, hatred or of a
desire for revenge. long succession of miseries
and receptions has taught me how to pardon;
! but cannot tamely submit to the ruin and
| oblivion in which 1t is sought to enshroud me.
In substance, this lady's story Is that
his royal highness Francis Albert Angus
| tus Charles Emanuel, prince consort, had
contracted morganatic marriage prior
to his betrothal to Queen Victoria. The
mOrganatic wife was Countess Reuss, and
she became the mother of daughter at
asout the same time the queen presented
her husband with child Of the same sex
About this time Prince Albcrt's coun-
tess wife found her position not ut all to
her taste. She effected transfer Of
babies by corrupting the nurse Of Windsor
castle. So the true princess royal was
taken to the countess and tho countess
| hohy IN in Tho vol fnp,i1r ha
queens first daughter. Soon after the
transfer the countess died. Before the
countess gave birth TO her child, however,
she was married to the Count de Lundi
The count was an old friend OF Prince
Albert's, and he married the countess and
took charge Of the stolen baby to obIge
the prince.